The Great and Mighty Nikko! / ¡El gran y poderoso Nikko!

A Bilingual Counting Book
By Xavier Garza
Paperback: $11.95

It’s bedtime! Join Nikko in this joyous bilingual lucha libre counting adventure by wrestling aficionado Xavier Garza.

¡Es la hora de dormir! Únete a Nikko en esta alegre aventura bilingüe de conteo de lucha libre del aficionado a la lucha libre Xavier Garza.

Description

Nikko loves bedtime. That’s because his bed turns into a magical wrestling ring for the masked luchadores he loves. They bounce up and down like crazy. His mom just thinks Nikko is jumping on his bed. But that’s not true at all. Here comes luchador number ONE with a silver mask and cape. Then number TWO shows up wearing a flaming orange mask. And on it goes until Nikko dons his red mask and cape and TEN luchadores end up wrestling on his bed. After defeating all the other wrestlers, and with victory under his belt, it’s finally time for the Great and Mighty Nikko to catch some ZZZZZs.

Nikko ama la hora de acostarse. Eso es porque su cama se convierte en un ring mágico para los luchadores enmascarados que él ama. Saltan arriba y abajo como locos. Su mamá solo piensa que Nikko está saltando en su cama. Pero eso no es cierto en absoluto. Aquí viene el luchador número UNO con una máscara plateada y una capa. Luego, el número DOS aparece con una máscara naranja llameante. Y así continúa hasta que Nikko se pone su capa y máscara roja y DIEZ luchadores terminan luchando en su cama. Después de derrotar a todos los demás luchadores y con la victoria en su haber, finalmente es hora de que el Gran y Poderoso Nikko cambie su enfoque a contar ovejitas.

About the Creators

Xavier Garza

Xavier Garza is a prolific author, artist, and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of the dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona, and Washington state. He is also celebrated for his bilingual lucha libre picture books and chapter books, including the award-winning, four-book Max's Lucha Libre Adventures series. Garza lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.

Reviews

  • "This fun, fully bilingual counting book is just the thing to settle down unruly luchadores everywhere. . . This rambunctious addition to the world of bedtime and early concept books stands out."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "Xavier Garza takes the traditional bedtime story and gives it a festive twist. . . What makes this work particularly distinctive is Garza's art, which is big and bold, with strong colors. The title's art style has a comic book feel, down to the Growls! and Roars! of the wrestlers. This is a book that celebrates not only Mexican culture, but the universal joys of imaginative play."

    - School Library Journal
  • "Drawing in an unabashedly florid cartoon style, Garza shows a boy named Nikko playing with costumed figurines on his bed. . . the bilingual text and high-octane action give this work bonus points."

    - Publishers Weekly
  • "Lucha libre fans who also have little ones to share books with: Rejoice! Garza brings the Mexican masked wrestlers into the home of a boy named Nikko with bursts of comics-style color and a muralist's larger-than-life energy."

    - The New York Times

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781935955832
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Aug 04, 2015
  • Trim Size 9 × 9 in
  • Weight 0.3125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Cinco Puntos Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Concepts / Counting & Numbers
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Sports & Recreation / Wrestling
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Bedtime & Dreams
  • Themes Beginning Concepts, Bilingual, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Counting Money / Everyday Math, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Dual Language, Families, Fiction, Imagination, Latinx / Latino / Hispanic, Mothers, Realistic Fiction, Spanish
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades K - 3
  • Guided Reading K
  • Spanish Guided Reading K
  • DRA 20
  • Interest Level Grades 3 - 8
  • Reading Level Grades 5 - 6
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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